tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26934682176226533842018-03-05T23:15:47.779-08:00From The Dorm RoomA Student's Examination Of Life From Inside The Residence HallAlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-49659973353989178792009-06-20T01:46:00.000-07:002009-06-20T02:55:27.738-07:00Deadly Cookie Dough Strikes Nation!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">I have terrible terrible news!!!!</span></span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">I am no longer in the dorm room!!!!!! </span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm going to have to change the name of this blog to...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><b>"From The House Which Is Almost But Not Quite As Interesting As The Dorm Room"</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.....Or I could just keep the name the same because summer is not permanant</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Which brings me to my first point:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">SUMMER</span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Yes Ladies and Gentleman, school is finally out!!!!</span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>...And yet something is off</i></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Apparantly during High School summer was the best thing to ever happen to a child:</span></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Nice Weather!</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Freedom!</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Friends!</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Movies!</span></li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Then suddenly I went to college and now....</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Nice Weather!</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Job!</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Friends in other parts of the country!</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Bored out of my mind!</span></li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">That list didn't sound as awesome did it??</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>That's because college actually wasn't that bad...in fact I can't wait to go back</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;">WHAT??? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;">DID I SAY I CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL?? </span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(If you are not on the same page as me then your college experience was not what it should have been...try harder)</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In Other News..</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Some of you may have noticed that I am up at 5 in the morning...</div><div><br /></div><div>This is because I couldn't sleep</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Obviously it is because I have <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">SWINE FLU!!!!!!!!!</span></i></b></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Just Kidding</span></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>But Really...I'm kind of sick of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">"Swine Flu Epidemic"</span> that's sweeping our nation</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And when I say sweeping our nation, </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I mean being blown out of proportion by our media</b></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Yes I love you newspaper, television, and radio....but this just won't do</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For their amusement the media finds it necessary to focus on how catastrophic the swine flu is</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Along with leaving out the fact that <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">THOUSANDS</span></b> more people dying from the "normal" flu...and the fact that the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FFFF;">VACCINE</span> has killed more people than the disease</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">......Wow</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">And just when I thought the media couldn't blow anything else out of proportion...A new story came out</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">RETURN YOUR RAW COOKIE DOUGH!!!!! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">YOU WILL DIE IF YOU EAT THIS </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">HORRIBLE, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">TAINTED,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">DESERT FOOD!</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Apparantly 66 people have gotten E.Colli sickness over the past 4 months</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">......I'll say that again</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>66</b></i></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><b>There are 300 billion people in the U.S. and 66 people got sick (And Lived)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">According to Health Dictionary 3 out of every 10 thousand people get E. Coli</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">....That's an expected 10 million cases a year</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">....66 people is a speed bump</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">...Or a pebble</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">No No Wait</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">It's a Bacterium</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><i>*Ba Dum Ching</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">According to news sources "many" of them had </div><div style="text-align: center;">eaten raw cookie dough before</div><div style="text-align: center;">.....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>"Many"</i></span> not <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">"All"</span></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Therefore it MUST be the cookie dough</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That's like saying <b>100</b> people got <b>C</b><b>ancer</b> and <b>60</b> of them drank <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">fruit punch</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>....Well obviously Hawaiian Punch causes Cancer</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">WHAT?!?!?!?</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Anyone who has bought TollHouse Cookie Dough must return it right now</b></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Because the millions of other people eating cookie dough right now and NOT getting sick are crazy</span></i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">LIGHTBULB!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>COOKING=KILLING OF BACTERIA</b></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Why don't people just <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#996633;"><b>cook</b></span> the cookie dough instead? </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You get <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">E. Coli </span>poisoning from eating raw beef...but we're still allowed to cook <b>THAT</b></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*Golf Clap For Jeff</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">HOMEWORK</span></span>: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> Eat TollHouse Cookie Dough</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Tape Yourself NOT Dying</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Send The Tape To CNN</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Talk to Ya Later!</div><div><br /></div>AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-80308232791614135622009-03-12T17:09:00.000-07:002009-03-12T17:43:55.034-07:00St. Patrick's Day/ Spring Break<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><pre><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:180%;">"T</span>he Minstrel Boy to the war is gone<br /><br />In the ranks of death you will find him<br /><br />His father's sword he hath girded on<br /><br />And his wild harp slung behind him<br /><br />Land of Song! said the warrior bard<br /><br />Tho' all the world betrays thee<br /><br />One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard<br /><br />One faithful harp shall praise thee!<br /><br />The Minstrel fell! But the foeman's chain<br /><br />Could not bring that proud soul under<br /><br />The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again<br /><br />For he tore its chords asunder<br /><br />And said "No chains shall sully thee<br /><br />Thou soul of love and brav'ry!<br /><br />Thy songs were made for the pure and free,<br /><br />They shall never sound in slavery!"<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></pre></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;">This is one of many songs that will be sung in the spirit of:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >St. Patty's Day</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">!!!</span><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(For those of you who don't know...the national color of Ireland is actually BLUE)</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />Of course when this day arrives there will be plenty of<br /><ul><li>Partying, </li><li>Drinking, </li><li>Singing, </li><li>Dancing, </li><li>General merrymaking</li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Just as long as people stay safe and have fun......</span><br /></span><br />ya...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >That's all for my public safety announcement of the day</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >IN OTHER NEWS</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">I have Spring Break this week</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Lots of people have been having breaks right around this time, and it's pretty exciting.<br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >I myself am staying here at school for Spring Break.....</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Don't feel bad for me...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >I'm actually pretty pumped about it...</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />For those of you going to different countries over break....<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LUUUCCCKKKYYYY!!!!!!</span><br /></span><br />I'm Kidding...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >But Really</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I figured out that College Spring Break was actually way more of a big deal in High School than in actual College.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">In High School people were like:</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family: times new roman;">Oh My God! Spring Break once your in college is hundreds of naked women partying in Mexico. And your entire school is there on the beach. And everything is free. And you party like never before in your entire life.<br /></blockquote><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">In College people are ACTUALLY like:</span><br /><br /><blockquote>Oh you're staying here at college? Ya, I'm going home for a week to hang with my parents and some of my High School friends. Mexico? Haha, maybe if I wanted to spend $2500...and nobody I know wants to come anyway.</blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />So I hope you college kids are doing something fun or interesting!!<br /><br />I hope you High School kids realize that you don't really have crazy stuff to look forward to!!<br /><br />I hope you adults which you were back in college!!<br /><br />And I hope you old people are not reading my blog!! <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">(Just kidding, I love you all just the same)</span></span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />HOMEWORK: <br />Keep Living The Dream...<br />Unless You Get To Go To Mexico...<br />Then Just Shut Your Face</span>.<br /></div><br /><div> </div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </span>Talk to Ya Later!<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"></span></span></span></div></div><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:Arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><pre><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></pre></span></span></span>AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-78456928199145724722009-03-01T13:15:00.000-08:002009-03-02T13:09:14.467-08:00Dr. Seuss Has Nothing On Me!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Today is the first day of March, and I am bored out of my mind</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">So I've decided to rhyme this post for no reason of any kind.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you want to hear me babble, then go on right ahead</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I cannot be held accountable for anything I might have said.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">First I'll mention the weather, because I'm feeling lazy</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It rains, it snows, it shines, it blows, I'll soon be driven crazy</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The trees are bare, the ground is wet, I really hate this season</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And you should all agree with me if you are men of reason.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Now to all the women reading, I am sorry for that mistake</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">But in order to rhyme the sentence it is one I had to make.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Next on the agenda is the midterms coming near</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Something nobody looks forward to, for they come twice a year</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you are worried about your grade than I have some tips for you</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Simply copy off an Asian, while you're at it make it two.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Now for all you Asians reading I must apologize</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I said in the beginning I am not exceptionally wise.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you find yourself offended then stop your reading here</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I do not want an angry mob barking up my rear.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You know classes are tomorrow, and teachers are real pains</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You'll be half-way across the country if you have any brains.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I guess classes aren't a problem if you finished all your stuff</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">But everybody knows that we teenagers have it rough.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You go to class, you call your mom, you finish all your work</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You are tired and you're hungry and you're roommate is a jerk.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You're writing for the paper and you have a deadline due</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">But you cannot find your sources and now you have the flu</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If this is not enough, then you go and oversleep your class</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Now you're behind in all your work and your teacher kicks your ass.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If this all sounds familiar than I am just like you</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">But if you don't know what I'm talking about, you're over 22.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Now it's getting close to dinner, and life revolves around my meal</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">So I guess it's time to call it quits and let my fingers heal.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">HOMEWORK: If you thought this post was stupid and will never read again,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> I hope that you come back next time when I post God knows when.</span><br /><br /><br /><br />Talk to Ya Later!AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-54527621765314750422009-02-26T22:30:00.000-08:002009-03-02T13:09:14.468-08:00Why Are You Awake?<span style="font-weight: bold;">I think it's appropriate that being up at</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >2:00</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> in the morning requires me to make a post about it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And it is this....</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" > The problems with doing homework at 2:00 in the morning!!!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >Positives:</span><br /><br /> 1.You get to do whatever you want <span style="font-weight: bold;">ALL DAY</span><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />(You can worry about that pesky project later on)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;font-family:arial;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2. It's <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:85%;" >nice</span> and <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:85%;" >quiet</span>...everyone's asleep...giving you plenty of:<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">T H I N K I N G S P A C E</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 3.<span style="font-weight: bold;">You are too tired to worry about tomorrow, consequences no longer worry you.</span></span></div></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Negatives:</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />1. You are so tired that you are going to do a <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >really bad job</span>...making the process of doing it in the first place.........<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:78%;" >pointless</span><br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight: bold;">You are leaving it until the last minute!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Creating bad habits for the future)</span><br /><br />3. You are <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:times new roman;" >rushing</span> </span>through the work because you want to get to <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >bed</span><br /><br />4. You are <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">not</span> going to get enough sleep, and therefore the <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >information</span> will not truly register<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">A.K.A. YOU ARE GOING TO FORGET ANYTHING YOU LEARN TONIGHT</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">So for those of you doing homework at this time.....</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Shame On You!!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">or</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Good Job!!! Rock On!!!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">(It depends on which stance you take...don't let me tell you what's good or bad)</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Make Up Your Own Stupid Mind!!!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:130%;" >HOMEWORK:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" >Stay up until 2:00 a.m. then try not to miss your 10:00 a.m. class.<br /></span><br /><br />Talk to Ya Later!AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-1608379398829920692009-02-25T15:24:00.000-08:002009-03-02T13:09:14.469-08:00Am I Completely Crazy?First Draft:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">SoI have plenty of friends and what-not who have blogs of their own.</span><br /><br />And I was wondering.....<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">What do all of <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">YOU</span> think of the layout of:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >"From The Dorm Room"</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I scrolled through the pages and pages of text and thought....<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Wow, I am so unprofessional</span></span><br /></div><br />But I guess the question really goes to you.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I'm known for adding <span style="font-size:180%;">GIANT</span> words and <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">u</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">n</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">n</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">e</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">c</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">e</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">s</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">s</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">a</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">r</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">y</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">c</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">o</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">l</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">o</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">r</span></span> to my blogs..<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: times new roman;">But does that take away from what I'm saying or make it more interesting?</span><br /></div><br />Believe me:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: courier new;">There's a method to my madness</span>.<br /></div><br />I always figured: I write for a paper and I know people get blocks of text everyday.<br /><br /><br />Whether it's:<br /><ul><li>Reading the newspaper,</li><li>Doing homework,<br /></li><li>Reading a book,<br /></li><li>Anything really</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So I figured I'd kind of put on a<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" > show</span>....make the page<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" > pop out</span> and look <span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">crazy</span></span>.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> But I don't need to do that.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">HOMEWORK: Comment and tell me what you think!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br />Second Draft:<br /><br /><br />I have plenty of friends and what-not who have blogs of their own. And I was wondering what all of you think about the layout of "From The Dorm Room". As I scrolled through the pages and pages of text I thought, "Wow, I am so unprofessional."<br /><br />But I guess the question really goes to you-the readers. I've been known for adding giant words and unnecessary color to my blogs, but does that take away from what I'm saying? Or does it make the page more interesting?<br /><br />Comment and tell me what you think!<br /><br /><br /><br />Talk to Ya LaterAlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-87834894039553147862009-02-24T19:35:00.001-08:002009-03-02T13:09:14.469-08:00For People Who Don't Like The Outdoors....<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">So it's something that has been long due as the nerd I am.......</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >VIDEO GAMES</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >!!! YAY!!!</span><br /></div><br />Here in my dorm room my roommate and I have it <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >pimped</span> out with <span style="font-style: italic;">plenty</span> of technology. We have:<br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Television screen, </span><br /></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Large flat-screen computer monitor, </span><br /></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Pumpin sound system, </span><br /></li><li><span style="font-size:180%;">PS3 and Wii </span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-style: italic;">....Ya, we're men</span><br /></div><br />So in <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">light</span> of this fact, I've basically decided this:<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Once a week, the one called BLISS shall review a piece of technology in the modern world.<br />This is the word of the Lord.</span><br /></blockquote><br /></div>As said above, this can apply to: <span style="font-style: italic;">A new game</span>,<span style="font-style: italic;"> system, movie, speaker set, anything....</span><br /><br />And as an avid user of all of the above, you are all soooo lucky to hear from me<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">(Except of course those of you who actually go <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">OUTDOORS</span>..haha...what a thought)</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >First on my list:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >PS3 VS. Wii</span><br /></div><br />While some people think this extremely <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">easy</span>, it actually <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">isn't</span>...<br /><br />As both Sony and Nintendo have made a substantial amount of cash with their systems.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">For Good Reason<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The trick to deciding which system to get is finding out what exactly you are looking for<br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:georgia;" >GRAPHICS</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" >Wii:</span> Ok, I think everybody knows that the Wii is not exactly known for it's "<span style="font-style: italic;">technology</span>". It's true...when it comes to graphics the Wii is a <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">failure</span></span>. But when looking at the thing it is pretty obvious...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />I mean my sneaker weighs more than that thing.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">(For those of you taking that comment literally....Corner) </span></span><br /><br />However, it is not to be said that the graphics are not fun to look at. The graphics fit what the Wii is trying to do. The games Nintendo puts out there are not supposed to look realistic<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Have you seen the giant-headed Mii's??)</span></span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >PS3:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" > Awesome graphics. </span><br /></div> In the <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:100%;" >PS2</span> there were a lot of great game intro graphics<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">...and then the game looked like something out of pacman. </span><br />But with the <span style="font-weight: bold;">PS3</span>, you feel like you got your money's worth. The games look great, and I have to say....it makes it a little more fun to play when the game looks and feels realistic.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">*Winner= PS3</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >GAME ORIGINALITY</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" >Wii:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >The Wii is spot on.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;">With games never seen before, Nintendo constantly has people waiting to see what they come out with next.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Of course, with the WiiMote, they also have the ability to make games that the PS3 cannot.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">....Suck it Sony!</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">PS3:</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">The Playstation has a couple new games here and there.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />(I just got this game called LittleBigPlanet, and it's amazingly original and awesome)</span><br /><br />But overall, there are really only 4 main game categories for Sony.<br /><ol><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">You have the "GTA" games...which are just Grand Theft Auto with different titles. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">You have the "Prince of Persia" games...these include Viking, Rise of the Argonauts, any game where your some mythical or medieval person in a realm of monsters and for some reason <span style="font-style: italic;">"puzzles"</span>.<br /></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">You have the "Call of Duty" games...including all of the war games, Halo, and any Playstation shooter. </span><br /></li><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">And you have the sports games. </span> </li></ol><span style="font-weight: bold;">That's it. Predictable.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">* Winner=Undecided<br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">While the Wii has many more original games..the few original games PS3 has to offer blow the Wii out of the water. Wii has quantity, PS3 has quality....it's a hard call.<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >FUN FACTOR</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">Wii:</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">You're standing in front of the TV, your lightsaber in hand. As you use the control stick to move Darth Vader, you are swinging your sword through baddies and lunging at the TV, sending robots flying at the wall. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">You are playing the Wii, and you are liking it.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">PS3:</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">You're sitting on the couch, using the same controller you've had for the last 6 years, playing the newest Halo for a week straight. Your leg has fallen asleep, and you are half playing the game, half trying to balance a bowl of popcorn on your stomach.<br />You are playing the PS3, and you've gained 30 pounds.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">*Winner=Wii<br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">ONLINE PLAY</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" > Wii:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">There isn't even enough online play for me to make fun of....Wow</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">PS3:</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Makes every game 100 times better.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Online play makes this system what it is</span>.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">*Winner=PS3<br /></div><br /><br />For those of you who actually read the above portion....You enjoy good commentary on video gaming...and you are a nerd like me.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">For those of you who didn't:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >GET OVER IT</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">You'll have to deal with this only once a week, so pretend to care for the sake of being civil.</span><br /></div><br />That being said...you can make your own gaming decisions. I'm just here to help you along the way.<br /><br />Just remember, think about you want and look at what I said about each system.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ask Yourself:</span><br /></div><br /><ul><li>Do I want online play?<br /></li><li>Do I want to jump around or not?<br /></li><li>Do I like graphics or does only gameplay matter?</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >These are <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">Life</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" > </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" > and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Death</span> questions</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">(Once again, if you are taking this literally, you do not know me yet...stay home)</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">HOMEWORK: Sit In A Chair And Look At The TV For At Least 6 Hours...It's Good To Be A Gamer</span><br /></div><br />Talk to Ya Later!AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-1164862847076483842009-02-19T08:24:00.000-08:002009-03-02T13:09:14.470-08:00Facebook Me Captain!It was only a matter of time before I entered into the topic of,<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >Facebook</span> <br /></div><br />Yes, yes...I realize that this is <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">not</span> a new thing at all, I myself have had one for quite awhile.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new;">BUT</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">There have been recent changes and discussions about it that have caught my attention.<br /></div><br />For all you socially awkward people out there:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Facebook is an online networking system that allows you to talk with people...without having to come up with instant responses like on IM.</span></span><br /></div> <br /><br />If you are <span style="font-size:130%;">so</span> socially awkward that you don't know what <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Facebook</span> is, then you probably wouldn't be reading this blog in the first place......<span style="font-weight: bold;">moving on</span><br /><br />Who remembers the old fad before Facebook?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">MYSPACE!!</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> However, this social network site has been traded in for Facebook..</span><br /></div><br />Mainly because Facebook has:<br /><ul style="font-family: times new roman;"><li>Better applications,<br /></li><li>Better interface,<br /></li><li>It's safer, and<br /></li><li>More people use it..........</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >And of course because Myspace is now reserved for pedophiles....but who's judging?</span><br /></div><br />How am I allowed to make these assumptions you ask?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Easy</span></span><br /></div><br /><ul><li>It has better applications because there are millions of games, puzzles, interface options, and fun things to do on Facebook....which no offense, beats out being able to....</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">"Change Your Cursor!!!!! Whoaaaaa!!!"</span></span><br /></div><br /><ul><li>The interface is much easier to read. You don't have a million spam and hoax downloads all over the side of your screen. There are tabs allowing you to look at your information in different categories...which are the same throughout everybodies account. <br /></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Unlike Myspace where you find yourself scrolling through random nonsense on their page, while not being able to see the font through the giant picture have a half naked woman they set as their background.</span><br /></div><br /><ul><li>Safer isn't even up for debate. The security protection on Facebook is top notch...unless you yourself screw it up. And random strangers can't go in and see your information and pictures....<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT THEM AS A FRIEND</span>.....<span style="font-size:85%;">what a concept</span>.</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">However, </span><br /></div><br />I sometimes theorize whether or not kids will soon find some other site to talk to each other..because recently something has been taking place that scares children everywhere.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">PARENTS ARE GETTING FACEBOOKS!!!!!!!</span><br /></span></div><br />When I say parents, I of course mean our parents, teachers, strange adults, old people......<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">everyone</span><br /><br />You see...parents have this deep desire to be seen as <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">"Cool"</span> and <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">"Hip"</span> or <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"In with the kids"</span>.<br /><br />This causes them to rationalize very irrational decisions...such as getting<span style="font-style: italic;"> Facebook accounts</span>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">They don't understand that Billy who posts funny jokes to his friends, and has pictures of himself partying at college....doesn't want his</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204); font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >mom</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> commenting on his picture about how he should be studying, or how </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >cute </span><span style="font-style: italic;">he looks in that hat.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >There should be a law,</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">1st Amendment:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">If you are an adult</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">you should create your own networking system or continue to use email.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"><br />2nd Amendment:</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">If you are in your 20's and you have a Facebook...once you turn 30 your account should be terminated or transfered to the adult networking site...because you have lost you "coolness" status, no matter how bad you want it back.</span><br /></div><br /><br />Now I don't mean to be hating on adults....they love us and try their hardest to keep up with the times.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">But we've all had our dad at one point or another look at us and go,</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />"That was wicked!"</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:78%;" ><br />And we just walked away shaking our head.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So who knows the future of Facebook??<br /></div><br />Everyone thought Myspace was going to be the ultimate site until Facebook came out<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">...... and kids realized Myspace was <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-style: italic;">creepy.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Now Facebook is having an influx of adults...and maybe some new site will come out that kids will flock to before adults know what hit them. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Because let's be honest:</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">How long does it take adults to figure out what's cool...and then figure out how to do it?</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">HOMEWORK: WATCH A 40 YEAR OLD TRY AND USE YOUTUBE</span><br /></div><br />..........Case and Point<br /><br />Talk to Ya Later!AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-3183121984162911102009-02-12T12:08:00.000-08:002009-03-02T13:09:14.471-08:00Love Is In The Air....Wait That's Not Love!!<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I have to say, I'm sorry about this..because I thought I posted this sooner, and it never went up.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">Yay Technical Difficulties!!!</span><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">So ignore the fact that this is a little late and just enjoy my fun Valentine rules.....</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">So in the spirit of <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">love</span>, <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!!!!</span><br /></span></div><br />For all of you who have a loved one, make sure to get him or her something nice, and spend time with one another.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">And Yes, </span><br /></div><br />I'm sorry for all the single people reading this post.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Being single on Valentine's Day is like being Jewish on Christmas. </span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >But that's okay, we're all here for you....</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">unless of course we're with our loved ones...</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">and then you're alone</span></span><br /></div><br />As I usually do with holidays...it's time to lay down some ground rules.<br /><br /><ul><li> -First of all, <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">MEN</span>....no matter what you think of your girlfriend...deep down she is just as sappy as the rest of them. So there is no need to go crazy with spending money. A simple dinner will do just fine, some <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">flowers</span>, maybe<span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> chocolates.</span> </li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;" >For God Sake...even a picture of two stick figures holding hands that you scribbled on the back of your homework will give her that lovey dovey feeling she's been wanting</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">.</span><br /></div><br /><ul><li> -<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">WOMEN</span>, The above does not apply. You must get your man<span style="font-size:130%;"> large</span>, <span style="font-size:180%;">expensive</span> gifts for Valentine's Day............<span style="font-weight: bold;">Just Kidding</span></li></ul> <span style="font-style: italic;">I actually don't have any real help for women</span>, because men are much harder to please.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Just always remember:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >Food=Happiness</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">If you happen to be single on Valentine's Day....there is something you should do.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >STAY INSIDE!!!!!!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">You must close and bolt your door!!!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Close your window shades!!!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Unplug your phone for heaven's sake!!!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">You can't risk having any of the love that's in the air seeping into your home and throwing you into a<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >deep,<br />dark depression</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> (Actually the healthy thing to do would probably be to hang out with a bunch of other friends who are single and play games or go to the movies...but where's the drama in that??)</span><br /></div><br />And then of course there is the odd class of individual...<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:180%;" >THE PARENT</span><br /><br />For some reason parents think this:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Valentine's Day=Mother's Day</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">....Not the case</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Yes mom and dad, your children love you...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Yes they want to spend time with you (sometimes)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">But assuming that you take the place of someone's girlfriend or boyfriend on Valentine's Day...</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">This is a lie</span></span><br /></div><br /><br />And that about does it for Valentine's Day.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">So just remember:</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Touchy Feely, Food, hugs and kisses, condoms, loved ones (not parents), and couples</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br />Subliminal Messaging SUPPOSEDLY works.</span><br /></div><br />Talk to ya later!!AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-68953643078194840322009-02-08T19:41:00.000-08:002009-03-02T13:09:14.472-08:00Grammyfication<span style="font-weight: bold;">So I had the joy of watching:</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:180%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:180%;" > The 51st Grammy Awards</span><br /></div><br />For those of you who watched the Grammys...you know that it was actually pretty well done,<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >(Considering what today's music COULD do to a perfectly good awards ceremony.</span><span style="font-style: italic;">)</span><br /></div><br />If you didn't see it...I'm <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOT</span> going to try and fit a<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">3 hour</span></span> compilation of music into a blog.<br /><br />It's <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >your</span> fault you didn't watch it, and go ask someone<span style="font-size:130%;"> you</span> know about the specifics.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >HOWEVER.....</span><br /></div><br />In light of the Grammys I have decided to bring up something that many music venues have completely <span style="font-size:130%;">forgotten </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">forgotten</span> </span><span style="font-size:78%;">forgotten</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>...and something many people seem to be confused about.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">This is called:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">-TALENT-<br /></span></div><br />As a singer myself I have to say...<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">singing isn't all it's cracked up to be.</span></span><br /><br />People talk about how much effort it takes,<br /><ul><li>The Training!<br /></li><li>The Unbelievable Practice Involved!!</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">The Truth Is...</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">You're either <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">born with it</span>...or you're <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">not</span></span><br /></div><br />Nobody was ever born completely tone deaf,<br /><span style="font-size:130%;">And then suddenly went into training<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">A</span></span><span style="font-size:180%;">nd came out singing Aida!!! </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >AMAZING!!!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> It doesn't happen...even if we would all like to think it does.<br /></div><br />So now that we've established the fact that most singers don't deserve all the praise they get because it is luck of the draw on their part...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What counts as talent?</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">INSTRUMENTS:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I think that it's safe to say that most instrumentalists are more talented than singers.<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A person can be born with the ability to sing...</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Google 4 year old singers, there are plenty of them...</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">But nobody is born with the ability to rock out on the piano or shred on the guitar,<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> (Not counting a rare child prodigy).<br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Instrumentalists take:</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Constant practice, </span><br /></li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Build up of finger or lip muscles, </span><br /></li><li style="font-style: italic;">Music Reading<br /></li></ul>So when you watch something such as the Grammys, and the <span style="font-size:130%;">famous singer</span> has a back-up trumpeter or pianist... It is safe to say that back-up instrumentalist is usually more <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">"talented"</span> than the singer.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">SINGING:</span><br /><br />When it comes to music there are an infinite amount of styles:<br /><ul><li> rap,<br /></li><li>hip hop,<br /></li><li>pop,<br /></li><li>classical,<br /></li><li>jazz,<br /></li><li>etc..</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"> So which style takes more talent?<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Answer: </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">It depends on the artist</span><br /></div><br />If there is a male pop singer with the range of a soprano and can do more runs than RoadRunner....<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >then that is not natural</span>...<span style="font-size:180%;">He's talented</span><br /><br />If there is a rapper who has the ability to rhyme his or her sentences better than <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Dr. Seuss</span> ever could..<span style="font-size:130%;">and still appeal to teenagers</span>....<br /><div style="text-align: center;">You might not like the sound of the music, but they're talented.<br /></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">If someone can do it on American Idol...then the singer isn't as talented as you think they are.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /> So when looking at these guidelines for talent, it's safe to say that you can look at the Grammys with <span style="font-size:130%;">new eyes</span>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >The music industry of 2009 really isn't that talented.</span><br /></div><br />Yes, there are a few good singers here and there...but overall if you go see an artist of today live, you're disappointed..<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Why???</span><br /></div><br />Because in today's age singers <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;">voices</span> are altered with <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;">technology</span>,<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">Instruments</span> are replaced with<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">sound machine</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">s</span>,<br /><br />and <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">TALENT</span> is overall missing.<br /><br />----Maybe one day the world will <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">wake up</span></span> and suddenly realize that most of these singers we idolize are not that much better than you or me...they simply got <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">lucky</span> at a certain point in their life.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">....But I highly doubt <span style="font-size:130%;">THAT</span> will ever happen.<br /></div><br />Talk to ya Later!AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-79721349834175227202009-02-01T10:27:00.001-08:002009-03-02T13:09:14.473-08:00SuperBowl Sunday<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>IT'S HERE!!!!!</strong></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>OMG DAIRY QUEEN BARBEQUE!!!</strong></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">.....That doesn't even make sense</div><br /><br />So it's Superbowl Sunday and people are going wild.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">No</span></strong>....not as wild as usual because there is one minor difference...<br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;"><em>THE PATRIOTS AREN'T IN IT!!!!!!</em></span></div><br />For all of you who are not Patriot's fans, I am sorry that you had to be subjected to that kind of abuse. But I go to a <em>state college</em> in Massachusetts.....making <span style="font-size:130%;">95%</span> of the population here Patriot's fans.<br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">However</span></div><br /><p>That is not to say that </p><ul><li>people aren't excited, </li><li>food isn't being gathered, and </li><li>Superbowl showings aren't being held around the campus</li></ul><p>.....Because they are</p><br />I myself am not <span style="font-size:130%;">THAT</span> excited about Superbowl Sunday...mainly because I'm not a fan of either of the teams. So I'll be cheering on for a different reason....<br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">THE COMMERCIALS</span></strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#33cc00;">....How sad does that sound??</span></strong></div><br />Now it is safe to say that the Superbowl commercials have gotten <span style="font-size:85%;">worse and</span> <span style="font-size:78%;">worse</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">-</span> To the point that there is usually only 1 or 2 really good commercials.<br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">But Hey. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I can enjoy them if I want to.</div><br />Especially since Halftime Shows have begun to get so bad that I actually bring extra spoons to the Superbowl viewing so that when the half time show comes on....<br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">I can beginning ripping out my eardrums.</span></div><br />For those of you who don't know...there are a few <strong>MAN</strong> rules about the Superbowl that must be abided by. If these generalities are not followed, then horrible consequences may occur.<br /><br />Because I am such a <span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;">kind</span> and <span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff99ff;">loving</span> individual, I've decided to make up a list of some of these "formalities" that need to be followed.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">#1</span>: <strong>Nobody</strong> should ever enter a viewing of the Superbowl without a bowl of something that contains extreme amounts of either fat, <span style="color:#ffcc33;"><strong>cheese</strong></span>, or <span style="color:#ff0000;">dipping sauce</span>. And don't forget that this has to be brought in the proper serving.....Meaning it must be more food than anyone could ever eat in a lifetime.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">#2</span>: An individual who has no knowledge of the game, teams, or etiquette will need to sit in the back of the room. Other than during the commercials, this person <em>HAS</em> to stay quiet during the entire event...mainly for risk of being punched by the people who know what they are doing.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">#3</span>: If you even think of crossing in front of the TV during the game, you should expect to yelled at along with being pelted by any food items that are around the current vicinity. That's non-negotiable.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">#4</span>: Snack runs are important because if the group runs out of snacks during an important part of the game...this can be devestating. Therefore snack runs are done by the people who know the game <strong>THE LEAST</strong>. Basically, if you don't know what a cover two defense is...I hope you can serve a great taco.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">#5</span>: Nobody leaves early............<em>NOBODY</em><br /><br /><br /><br />Of course there are many more rules, but I'll let the people who do not know them figure those out for themselves. And if you have any fun ones, you can always leave them in a comment.<br /><br />So remember...<span style="font-size:130%;">Stay safe and have fun.</span><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I don't want to see any of you running through the streets naked or jumping up and down on an overturned car.</em></div><br />Talk to ya Later!AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-44320284579770347942009-01-29T21:48:00.000-08:002009-03-02T13:09:14.474-08:00Stimulus Plan...Not That StimulatingNow I know for a fact that there are a lot of you out there yelling at me right now. Saying things like:<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">"You're not supposed to talk about anything serious"</span> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">"Don't remind us of how bad things are right now!"</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">"Aaaaaarrrrrgggggghhhhh"</span></div><div align="center"><br /><br />I hate to break it to you....but being in <span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000066;">college</span> means the economy effects my life too, so I can't <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff0000;"><strong>COMPLETELY</strong></span> ignore the fact that our country is in the crapper.<br /><br />And besides, it's not like I'm boring. If I can be interesting enough to get a few people to read about important issues today, then<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Kudos </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">to </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">me.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">I'm sure many of you have heard about Obama's idea.</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">It's NEW</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">It's AWESOME</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">It's THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">IT'S...........</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">OBAMA'S STIMULUS PLAN!!!! <span style="color:#000099;">(Fanfare can be heard playing)</span></span></div><br /><br /><br />If you haven't heard of this, well then you should probably turn on the TV....or just check your empty wallet.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">That echo you hear as you yell into your piggy bank? That's the sound of <span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000099;"><em><strong>CHANGE</strong></em></span></div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000099;"></span></em></strong> </div><div align="center"> </div><br />I'm a big Obama supporter, I'm a liberal all the way. But I am not a <span style="color:#009900;"><strong>Change Zombie</strong></span> who follows him around repeating the phrase "<span style="color:#ff0000;">Yesss weee caaannn...Yessss weee caaannn</span>".<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffcc00;">Lightbulb!!</span> </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Just because it's Obama's plan, doesn't mean it's going to work. Crazy Right??</div><br /><br />Basically Obama is trying to get the economy pumping by pushing this 825 Billion Dollar Project.<br /><br />- (Born from FDR's idea in the Great Depression)<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">Now <span style="font-size:180%;">275 Billion Dollars</span> is going to be passed out in the form of..........</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;">TAX CUTS!!!!!</span> </div><div align="center">YAAAYYY!!!! .....too bad it won't work</div><br />The idea is to get people buying stuff so that companies don't go belly up, and people don't lose their jobs. The only problem is that people are going to use this money to pay things like bills and loans...and not TVs and Cars...which is what needs to happen.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">So <strong>that</strong> plan goes down the tubes.</span></em></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">BUT WAIT!!!!!</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">What about the other money??</div><br />Well that's going on big infrastructure projects...we're talking the fixing of<br /><br /><br /><ul><li>Buildings, </li><li>Roadways, and</li><li>A bunch of other stuff. </li></ul><p>The idea behind this is that all of this will create new jobs for people and places to spend money.</p><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-family:courier new;">Here's the kicker.</span> </strong></span></div><br />This will create some great jobs for ALL the people who know how to operate jackhammers and mix cement.<br /><br />Awwwwww......Too bad that the other 99% of the population who aren't welders are going to be left out.<br /><br />And if people think it's going to cover anywhere near the 3 million jobs that were lost in the past year...they're lying to themselves. <span style="color:#ff0000;">Good</span> <span style="color:#000099;">Job</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">America.<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">It's the biggest government spending project in "<span style="font-size:130%;">The History of the World!!"</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">.....and it's a joke</div><br />At some point these trillions of dollars are going to have to be paid back...so hang on to your wallet, because it's probably going to take a generation to do it. And for those of you who need that explained to you.......<span style="font-size:78%;">that's you</span>.<br /><br />You see....it's critical that Obama's plan be focused more on the <span style="color:#993300;">root of the problems</span>. This is<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">housing market, </div><div align="center">consumer buying, </div><div align="center">and jobs. </div><br />And instead of coming up with a good plan, he was rushed into a quick decision to try and show America that he's going to <span style="font-size:180%;">Instill Change</span>.<br /><br />So he did what any politician would do....he took more money than anyone could afford and shoved it into a plan that won't work.<br /><br />Now I am not a "glass is half empty" kind of guy...I know full well that we have many more years with Obama...and who knows, maybe he'll surprise us all.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">All I'm saying is we're not off to a very good start. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">We thought the problem couldn't get worse after Bush was gone.....</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3366ff;">TADA!!!!</span></div><br />Next time I'll probably be funnier...don't you worry<br /><br /><br />Talk to ya later!AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-56987197647458254822009-01-27T14:28:00.000-08:002009-03-02T20:19:06.465-08:00Some Catching Up to Do...<span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Hi Everyone!</span><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">So I've bet you've noticed that it's been quite a while sinced the last time I wrote anything. </div><br />It's not because I don't <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">love</span> you...our relationship is still something you should <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">cherish</span>.<br /><br /><em>All this does is teach us a very valuable lesson.......</em><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:180%;" ><strong>College Kids Are Lazy</strong></span></div><br /><strong>Some of you are probably going,</strong><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;">"No, you've gone too far...the children of todays generation are eager individuals who want nothing more than to apply themselves and propel towards the future!"</span><br /></blockquote><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I'm not saying that it is <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">alse</span></span>...I'm just saying it's not <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >TRUE</span>.</div><div align="center"><br /><br />This is a <strong>veeeery</strong> important thing,<br />mainly for<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>parents</em></span><br /><br /><br /><br />It's amazing how many moms and dads of college students sit by the silent telephone and picture their kids saying things like...<br /><br /></div><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><p>"<strong><em>MUAHAHA</em></strong>, I think today I <em>won't</em> call my parents..Let's see how they like <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><em><strong>THAT!!</strong></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >"</span></span></p><p align="center"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >But this isn't the case at all.</span> </p><p>What parents need to learn, is that when kids go off to college they suddenly develop what can best be described as a mild case of <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Alzheimers</span>.</p><p align="center">Except unlike the real disease, this one only partains to the word: </p><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:courier new;">RESPONSIBILITY</span></strong></p><p>You ask a college student what time Dominos stops delivering or what time the shuttle goes to Wal-Mart and you get an instant answer. </p><p><em>But even mention the words:</em> </p><ul><li>"Financial Aid", </li><li>"Mandatory Floor Meeting",</li><li>"Call Mom and Dad"</li></ul><p align="center">...and suddenly we're all experiencing momentary blackouts.</p></blockquote><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>We're not out to get anybody...Just thinking for ourselves like the teenagers we <em>are</em></strong></div><br />So ya...I took some <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><em>Bliss</em></span> time<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Saw the sunlight for a change</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Got to know some people</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Maybe made a few friends</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Sang a few songs</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" ><em><strong>Sacrificed a few middle-schoolers</strong></em></span><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">That last part wasn't actually true, I was just seeing if you were paying attention</div><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">But I'm back!!!!</span><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">And a lot has happened since then...so I guess I'll get started!</div></span>AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-70286067958918282562008-12-14T10:08:00.000-08:002008-12-14T23:39:37.929-08:00Happy Holidays...KindaWell,<br /><br />It's the last week before Christmas Vacation...also known as <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>FINALS WEEK</strong></span>.<br /><br />This is a time of<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">horror</span></em></strong><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;">squalor</span></em></strong><br /><br />and where the ability to torture innocent students is given to professors everywhere.<br /><br />For those of you in college ( High School counts to some degree, but you really have no idea until you come here)...there are some things you should know about having a sane Finals Week experience.<br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;">First of All,</span> do not pull all nighters. This is something I tried, regretted, and am now passing the knowledge on to you. </li></ul><p align="center">-It is a proven fact that even just 3 hours of sleep will take what you learned that night, and put it into your "deep memory" while you sleep-</p><p align="center">If you stay up all night, then your mind never gets that chance. </p><p align="center"><em>Plus, slaving over a calculus book at 4 in the morning while throwing back Red Bulls can't be good for you in the end</em></p><br /><ul><li>Also, make sure to study hard <span style="font-size:180%;">BEFORE </span>the Finals. More and more do I see kids trying to <span style="color:#ffcc00;">Sparknote</span> "Othello" by Shakespeare, 2 hours before the final! Valiant as this is, you probably aren't going to pass the test with flying colors. Instead, try taking a stab at looking at the play a week before the final</li></ul><p align="center"><em>This way if you fail it's because you aren't very smart, and not because you didn't try :)</em></p><br />Now I know for a fact that there are...<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>dun..dun...dunnnn....</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>ADULTS!!!!</strong></span><br /><br />And you adults read this blog. And you're probably saying to yourself, <span style="color:#000066;">"Well thank God I'm not in college anymore."</span><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;">WRONG WRONG WRONG</span></div><br /><div align="center"><strong>These rules apply to you too!!!</strong></div><br /><em>If you are guzzling down Monsters while pulling an all nighter on a report due to your boss in 4 hours....Then you're no better than an 18 year old.</em><br /><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>IN OTHER NEWS</strong>...(Notice how I sounded like a reporter there..though I may be the craziest reporter you've ever seen)<br /><br />Christmastime is only a matter of days away..and there are some of you who have yet to buy your Christmas presents.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The only excuse for this is if you're Jewish!!</span><br /><br />There are insane mothers out at 3 a.m. on Black Friday buying out Wal-Mart...how do you expect to beat these people if you're still parked on your couch watching The Year Without a Santa Clause, and drinking Egg Nog like it's your job??<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Get off your couch</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">....</span> and go get something for people you love, even if it's gum from the conveniant store down the street. Because we all know you'll feel like crap if they get you some great christmas present, and your only excuse is:<br /><br /><em>" uhhh...there were some great Christmas specials this year."</em><br /><br /><br />So I'll be heading home soon, and I'll probably do a couple blogs from there, because I'm not coming back until the middle of January...and I KNOW how you can't live without me.<br /><br />Until then..<br /><br />Talk to ya later!AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-72215435730001181262008-12-02T11:45:00.000-08:002008-12-14T23:41:01.426-08:00A Holiday Minute<div align="center"><strong>Well I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!<br /></strong><br />Now obviously I didn't have any posts coming over vacation, but that would have been ironic if Iblogged "<em>From The Dorm Room</em>" from my house.<br /><br />....Soooo, I'm back in my dorm room and I KNOW I had a great Thanksgiving. And there is something interesting that happens when you come back to college after a vacation..........<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Your GLAD to be back!!</span><br /><br />Now this is completely different from High School, where children <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">DREADED</span></strong> the day when you had to go back to your teachers and back to your classes, But College isn't like High School, and therefore something different happens.<br /><br /><br /><strong>There are a couple reasons for this:</strong><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">- First of All, college is not just about the classes. (Though parents would like to think it is)...There is the fact that you are living on your own, there are friends, places to go, and something interesting is always happening. EVEN if all you do is sit in a lounge and talk with a group of kids....there's something that makes it more fun than doing something like that back home.</span></div><span style="color:#000099;"></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">- You're doing what you want. Classes are no longer all the random crap that you'll never use in life, instead you've chosen EXACTLY what you are going to take, and even enjoy doing it (though we might not always admit it). Going to class is no longer an all day event...a student might have 2 or 3 classes a day, and do fun stuff in-between each one.</span></div><span style="color:#000099;"></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">- Kids enjoy being ON THEIR OWN!!! Now this is NOT to say that we don't like going home, because that would crush a lot of parents' hearts, it's just...we like VISITING home, our parents and friends, however we've now been exposed to living by our own rules and like the feeling. So going home is NICE, but students will find themselves happy to be going back to college in the end.</span></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><br />Now there is one other item on the agenda before I let you go....and that's <span style="color:#009900;"><strong>CHRISTMASSS!!!!</strong></span><br /><strong></strong><br />Now if you're in a dorm room like I am..then I have some rules that you should really follow if you want to give everyone a nice early college christmas, and still stay sane yourself.<br /><br />First of All...<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>DON'T BUY EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW IN COLLEGE GIFTS!!!!!!</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br />This is a big no no. If you take your campus shuttle to Wal-Mart and buy every person on your floor and their brother a christmas present, you'll have found yourself spending $500 before you can say woops.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">So keep it to these three people:</span><br /><br /><em>1. Girlfriend/Boyfriend</em><br /><em>2. Roommate</em><br /><em>3. Best Friend</em><br /><br />Everyone else can get a candy cane or something.<br /><br /><span style="color:#993399;"><strong>If there are some girls on your floor, get them soap...they'll go wild and it'll cost you 5 bucks.</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong>Some guys?? Food=Happiness</strong></span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><em>Keep the real gifts for the 3 people I mentioned.</em></div><div align="center"><br />Everyone will feel they got something for christmas from you...and you'll be happier because you've still got some dough in your back pocket.<br /><br /><strong>Happy Holidays!</strong><br /><br /><br />Talk to ya Later!</div>AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-89543972872307893082008-11-25T12:37:00.000-08:002008-12-14T23:41:53.838-08:00Thanksgiving Tips..THE RIGHT WAYSo...<br /><br />I'm on my way to leave my dorm room for <span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Thanksgiving Break!</span> </span>I'm finally escaping the college atmosphere and going back to my house to eat a great Thanksgiving dinner. And I was looking through a bunch of articles online about Thanksgiving, and while I was reading I came upon this article of tips from Reader's Digest:<br /><br /><em><strong>If you are the host...</strong><br /></em><br /><em>-Plan to provide a traditional Thanksgiving feast, then be creative with side dishes.<br />-Whenever anyone offers to help or bring a dish, say, "Yes, thank you!"<br />-Use hollowed bread loaves for charming serving containers for cheeses, dips, olives, chips and small sandwiches.<br />-Once the table settings and centerpiece are in place, sit in each chair to make sure each guest will feel comfortable.<br />-Include favorite kids' foods, especially those they can eat neatly with their fingers.<br />-Provide at least one low-calorie dish and a vegetarian option. Then serve a sinful dessert.<br />-Completely clear the table of all dishes from previous courses before serving dessert.<br />-Fill the sink with soapy water so cutlery and small dishes can soak clean as the guests are finishing.<br />-Make it easy for guests who help you clean up to help you recycle. Place bins in the kitchen labeled "glass," "cans" and "trash."<br />-Keep club soda nearby to clean spots or stains on the tablecloth or clothing.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em><strong>If you are a guest...</strong><br />-Arrive no earlier than the time the host has announced and no later than half an hour after the time.<br />-Plan to stay about an hour after dinner unless travel plans or sleepy children necessitate leaving earlier.<br />-Bring a gift and write a note of thanks afterward.<br />-Offer to help set up for dinner and to clean afterward.<br />-Notify the host of any special dietary needs -- if you are a vegetarian, diabetic or allergic to common foods. You can tell the host how to prepare a dish you can eat, or even better, offer to bring that dish yourself.<br />-If you're going to a potluck Thanksgiving, bring a serving dish with your contribution. Remember, the best potluck dishes are those that need minimal preparation in the host's kitchen, can be served at room temperature and require only a fork to eat.</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">Ok, I don't know about you, but I have some tips of my own. And a lot of them counteract the tips given by the great "Reader's Digest".</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">First of All,</span> the beginning tips as a host are obvious when creating a Thanksgiving dinner, but making a side dinner for children??? The meal is classic...<span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>turkey, mashed potatos, corn, cranberry sauce, blah blah blah</em></span><br />...And if your winey kid is complaining about it, the mom yells at him, tells him to be thankful for once in his life, and the kid has to eat it in silence or go to time out. That's how most family's work.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">If you're a guest, the tips are <span style="font-family:courier new;color:#ff0000;">COMPLETELY</span> different.</span><br /><br />Reader's Digest tells you to plan to stay about an hour after dinner is over. Those of us who have dinner with the family KNOW this is not even close to the amount of time you're going to spend there.<br /><br />We're talking<br /><em>clearing the table, </em><br /><em>washing dishes, </em><br /><em>talking with grandparents, </em><br /><em>catching ALL of the football game</em>,<br />and a lot more.<br /><span style="color:#000066;">If you think you're going to scarf down your dinner and book it out of there in an hour...you are highly mistaken</span>.<br /><br />Now the tip that talks about setting up dinner before hand and cleaning up afterwards, there is not much of a choice in that.<br /><br />As a college student I'm still considered a child ( Yes we are, to bad fellow students )...and that mean when Grandma tells you to collect the plates and bring them in the kitchen...you collect the plates and bring them in the kitchen.<br />This is not the PROPER thing to do<br />........this is what you to avoid getting a slap on the hands later.<br /><br />And as for bringing your own dish to Thanksgiving dinner....SOMETIMES people do this. But most of the time you just end up coming an hour early and getting forced to stir gravy for 20 minutes while the host finishes cooking up the meal.<br /><br />So as as human being, you don't really need tips like this from <span style="font-size:180%;">Reader's Digest</span>. You know exactly what your family meals entail and how they are going to set up and clean up for them. So nobody should be reading Thanksgiving Tips online, instead you should just go to your family's house like you always do and enjoy the big eating event that is Thanksgiving.<br /><br />Happy Thanksgiving!!<br /><br />And Talk to ya Later!AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-79096059672636286542008-11-23T13:03:00.000-08:002008-12-14T23:42:46.537-08:00The Female Species...College StyleSo amidst everything that is happening in today's day in age, there always remains the life mystery of <strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">WOMEN</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br />Now I have a girlfriend...however this does not mean I understand the female sex any better than any other man. However, an interesting thing happened today that I figured I would write about...and might as well include a little information to any female reader that might be reading this post.<br /><br /><em>- So I was at an event (Don't Ask What)....and there was this cute girl who decided to hit on me. Now of course I told her that I already had a girlfriend.... <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000066;">*Brownie Points*</span> </span>.....But she still decided to talk and flirt, and she walked around the campus with me and back to the residence hall where we parted ways.</em><br /><em></em><br />Now with this story in mind it should be obvious that the fact that I have a girlfriend has no effect on this girl. Why is that you ask?? Well it's Simple....<br /><br />SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE SHE'S ON THE WAITING LIST<br /><br />No guy really understands why girls do this...If you're reading this and have an answer (Or think you do anyway) feel free to comment and tell me. Because when a guy sees a girl, if she's taken, end of story we leave her alone and look for hotties elsewhere. But a girl will work at getting a guy, maybe they're just more competitive then we are, (And they say GUYS are the stereotypical horny animals)<br /><br /><br />Now that the little story is done and over with, I have here a couple tips for women (mainly in high school) that should help you understand guys a little more. Maybe why some boy doesn't like you, or why guys always repeat this phrase......<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">COLLEGE GIRLS ARE BETTER</span><br /><br /><br /><br />1. MAKEUP and CLOTHING: This is the number one cause ladies. For some reason when girls are in High School, they feel it necessary to dress in style everyday, where long earrings, cake on makeup and odd colored eyeliner, pour gel and hairspray into their hair and then wonder why the guys go for older girls......STOP IT.....<br />When people go to college they suddenly drop to the same fashion level as hobo's....and oddly enough look better for it.<br />Half the time a girl is better looking without any makeup on....Whether she thinks so or not (It's the guy's opinion that you're striving for remember? )....and in college girls suddenly don't where as much makeup, they let their natural hair fall in place because of laziness, and stay in sweatpants and t-shirt. Which by the way...<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>SWEATPANTS + T-SHIRT OR TANK TOP = GUY'S #1 TURN ON</strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Why do you think a guy looks at a girl who just woke up in the morning with her hair naturally in front of her face and stretching in her sweatpants and think it's hot?? I don't know..but High School girls have this idea that getting dressed up everyday is what guys want to see, and it's just wrong.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />2. They're Looking For A Guy:<br />While in High School girls will hit on anyone as long as they have a six pack. There are your share of slutty girls, shy girls, loud girls, and many more...all looking for the "Perfect Guy".<br />But once in college girls have seen enough guys. They've seen their share of idiot drunks throwing up, Frat Boys jumping off banisters, nerds with their face in books...and suddenly they're looking for an actual GUY...and are sick of the six pack, abercrombie and fitch model. This gives cute, nice guys a fighting chance...AND THEY TAKE IT.<br />So if you're in High School and you're reading this...Give the nice guy a chance, because 9 times out of 10 the hot partier is just going to be a problem later on.<br /><br /><br />3. The Unknown:<br />Guys are attracted to a girl more often than not, because he does not know her. Most of the time a guy has grown up in a High School where he has known every girl who goes there since they were 6. Now suddenly there are all these college girls who don't have any history with him.<br />So..sorry girls, but you have a much better chance with the cute stranger from another school than your best 'guy' friend from elementary school.<br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Now this is not to say that all of these rules are 100% true. There are of course many exceptions and varying details, and you can't categorize them all....but these are the basics</em>.<br /><br /><br />Talk To Ya Later! <span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"></span></span>AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-4900723990118788162008-11-22T13:45:00.002-08:002008-11-22T14:05:58.942-08:00I'm Dreamin of a White.....Thanksgiving??<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AGQNerM9WWY/SSh9y6Tu5DI/AAAAAAAAAA4/5RV-wmem7mM/s1600-h/Berkshire+Snow+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271601677436118066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AGQNerM9WWY/SSh9y6Tu5DI/AAAAAAAAAA4/5RV-wmem7mM/s320/Berkshire+Snow+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#000099;">I'm Not Kidding, It Snowed Today!!!</span></strong></div><span style="color:#000099;"></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">Obviously, there are those of you who have no idea, but North Adams is up in the mountains of Massachusetts....WHERE IT SNOWS IN THE FALL......</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#003333;"><strong>-The Picture is from my floor of the Residence Hall...Where I'm Still Warm-</strong></span></div><br /> Now all over campus there are students in full winter jackets, hats, the whole nine yards. so what does someone like me do at a time like this???<br /><br /> Well there are two kinds of people...There are the ones who will go out and have snowball fights and make snow angels and jump around in the white, fluffy powder. I personally think this should be illegal until December. <em>No thinking about snow until then!!!</em><br /><br />If "The 25 Days of Christmas" isn't on ABC Family yet....then I shouldn't see any snow outside.<br /><br /><br />The other type of person is the one who sits in their room all day while it is snowing and hopes that it ends quickly. But the heat in a college dorm is not high enough for you to be in a t-shirt and jeans..a sweatshirt is still required.<br /><br />You want a Tip?<br /><br /> <em>-Dress in normal clothing with a light jacket and go do a bunch of errands. Go somewhere to eat, visit people, just as long as you spend a good amount of time outside. Then run inside...Take a hot shower...Put on sweatpants and a sweatshirt...make yourself hot chocolate or warm milk...put your ipod on the stereo...turn on the news but turn off the volume so you are just watching the news to the music...wrap a blanket around yourself and hang out with friends.</em><br /><em></em><br />^^^^The perfect thing to do on a snowy day. Trust Me, I've already had a couple....AND IT'S NOT EVEN THANKSGIVING!!!<br /><br />Talk to ya later!<br /><br /><p></p>AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693468217622653384.post-62156405970448424542008-11-22T10:16:00.000-08:002008-12-14T23:43:20.514-08:00My First BlogHEY<br /><br />So it's pretty obvious that this is my first time ever doing something like this...But seeing so many other people being cool with their blogs inspired me to start one. So right now I figure something interesting to talk about is what you go through when you first start a blog, (If you're thinking of starting one you might as well listen to someone who just went through all the problems).<br /><br />First of all, I had to come up with a name. But the problem is coming up with a name that is catchy, describes your blog, and makes people want to read.<br /><br />THIS IS NOT EASY!!<br /><br />I chose "From The Dorm Room" because of it's simplicity. Everything I write about here is coming from in my dorm room...whether I'm in bed, sitting in a futon, or at my desk. And I think people might enjoy the readings of an average college student with a computer.<br /><br />...After you pick your "name" you are then flooded with a bunch of things you can do to customize your blog. Add widgets, move them and name them, edit your html with a bunch of code most people don't understand, change fonts, colors, backgrounds, and so much more.<br />And while it may seem cool at first, it can be down right confusing.<br /><br />So here's a tip.....Choose a template, Change your colors, Maybe change your fonts, and get writing!!! I spent like the first day or two trying to figure out what all this meant when I realized...You pick up all this stuff as you go along! What people are really visiting your site for is to see if your writing is as good as your catchy name selection. So don't worry about any of that other stuff just yet! Just do what you're here to do! Inform people, rant about meaningless stuff, report the news, whatever you feel like.<br /><br />I'm tellin ya, if I knew to just go with the flow and write instead of googling how to change over a bunch of html and xml information, I would probably be a lot less frustrated with technology.<br /><br />And yes I know most people begin their blogs with a first post about what kind of person they are and what all this means for them....but you can probably tell all that from reading my posts...(And of course it helps that I have a biography and profile on the freakin page).<br /><br />Talk to ya later!AlmostFreeThinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719134910972172857noreply@blogger.com1